I’ve spent a lifetime reporting, writing and editing news and features for newspapers, magazines and in-house publications in my hometown of Seattle/Tacoma and across the country. I don't plan to stop any time soon.

Cut it out, Olympia

My wife, Julee, and I wrote an op-ed for the Tacoma News Tribune asking the Legislature to shelve three bills that threaten the ability of hairdressers and other self-employed people to make a living. Between the time it was submitted and the time it was published, additional bills have emerged. The 2019 legislative session seems more and more like a war on the self-employed — not just hairdressers but everyone who works as their own boss.